Win-shield for vehicles.



y NoA 865,290. PATENTED sEPnB, 1907.

W. N. BBBCHER. WlND SHIELD FR VEHICLES. APPLIGATIONFILBD JAN. 16, 1907.

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WALTER N. BEECHER, 'oFioHioAoo,` ILLINOIS.

' WIND-SHILD non VEHIC-Lne.

To all ywhom it may concern.'

Beit known that I, WALTER N. ABEECHER,` a citizen oi'thc'United States, anda resident of Chicstgminthe `county of Cook and State of-11linois,have invented cert-ain new vsind useful Improvements in Wind-Shields for Vehicles, of which the following is a clear, full, and exact description. e e y l My invention relates to wind-shields for vehicles,

v and' particularly automobiles, Aand its-object is to provides. transparent shield with an upper and lowervsash, i

so constructed that the upper sash, which is `hingedto i tho lower sash, can be swung down infront of the same, or swung into any other position between the two eX- trcmcs of its' movement, according as desired.v This I l and as partie ulnrl y pointed out in the claims. Vln the drawings :nFigure 1 lis a sidejelevation oi my. improved wind-'shield applied to the broken away forf ward portion of the body of thema-chine Fig, 2 is a' ficcomplish. by the. means hereinaiteriullydescribed,

i ZTiron/t elevation oi SamQandfFig. r3 isa perspective view 'of a detached adjusting fixture used in connection therewith..` y The drawings showthe forward portion of the body of an automobile comprising side-slls` A, and a hood or l v`lionnct, B inclosinf.;v the engine" (not shown.)

Placed above and arising from the rear end of `the hood, ordash is a rectangular frame C, which, withthe glass, forms the lower sash. oi .thewindshieldr The lower ruil ofthis rectangular irs-me is provided v with downward rlxtonsions f, b, :itcachof .its corners, which arel .secured by .screws or otherwise to the sides of the rear I ond oi'ithc hood or dash.. The frame of this sash C is,

}.irc'fo r.|,lily made oi metal, and has hinged to the upperv ondsrof the Stiles thereof, `by means oi' the hinges c, an

'35 uppersash F comprising a. glass ofabout thev same d'i.

rnonsions as Chjatoi the lower sash, and-a `suitable reci tangular fram i closing the same, `tothe lower end of the Stiles oi i. said hinges c are secured. upper portion ofthe stiles of the lower pondingbrzickets D, which comprise a t ngisnmi-circular part d having acolnr slot' c therein. About midway forwardly pri extensive s itslength il :i forward] cakf, that has a` stud a project- Specification of `Letters Patent. e Applies@ sied nuns-ry 16,1907. sensi No. 362,633.

cul-ir portion, d, is provided withA i I ensured sept. 3,1907.v

ing downwards from its under edge near its extremity intol a suitablesocket in the upper end' of a braceE. This brace is secured to said stud byfbrazing vor other` wise, and extends in an inclined direction, downwardly and forwardly, to near the forward ends of the side-sills A of the'body, to which their 'lower ends are secured by bolts, screws, orhotherwise;y Bracketsl) are secured to `the upper ends of thestiles oi the lowersash in such manner'that the axes lo the hinges connecting said i sasl'ies together, will aline with the center from which the curvature rof the slot e is struck. l j Secured to the lower portion ofthe Stiles of the upper sash, on the same side as that from which the semi-circularpo'rtion of the bracketsG project, `are blocks lc, .which have .hand-bolts or screws K tapped into them 4from theouter sides thereof, whose outer portions are 4increased in diameter` and terminatein a suitable hand-- wheel. These blocks vare so located that the hand?l screws `pass through slot e, and by tightening lthe latter u the seniiwircular portion of the brackets' are clamped between the shoulder (made by `increasing the diameter of the outer portion of said screws) and said blocks,

and thus maintain the uppersash in any positionlto which it may beinovedfeither vertically :iboveand' in the same'plane as the lower sash, as shown in Fig.' 2

of the drawings, or down infront of said lower sash, as

shown in Figi. 1, or in any position into which it may be v moved between theseltwo extremities.

What I claim asnew isz'-A -r Y I rwind-shield for vehicles'comprising a stationary lower sash and an upper` sash hingedihereto, a bracket secured to and `projecting from the stile of the lower sashf `and extendingnp aboveythe same' and having nsmlcircular slot therein and a stud projecting from the edge thereof farthest from said stile, a brace having a socket in its upper 'end intchwhich said studenters and is secured and".

having its lower end secured to the body of the vehlcle,a suitable blocksecured to :the lower portion of the stile of the upper saslnfand a screw extending throughV said slot and info said. block 'and adapted teovcnimp saidv bmi-cker against the. sume. f

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set iny hand and seal this '29th. day of December', A.VI)., 1,906.` l r WALTER N. BEECI-IER. Lrl

Witnesses: l

. E.v K. -LUNmnf A. E. MCCA'FFREY. 

